The VinePair Podcast: Wine Should Leave the Judgement of Paris in the Past

2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the Judgement of Paris, the blind-tasting competition where U.S. wines scored higher than bottles from historic French chateaux for the first time. Today, the competition is perceived as having nail-biting, groundbreaking results awaited by everyone in the industry, but in reality, much of the buzz came from simple, post-event coverage in Time Magazine. In response to comments made about the Judgement of Paris and its modern perception in a previous VinePair Podcast, a listener sent in the question: “Do you think the Judgement of Paris was something that really could only happen once? The article The VinePair Podcast: Wine Should Leave the Judgement of Paris in the Past appeared first on VinePair.